Examples of 'swept under the carpet' in a sentence

Meaning of "swept under the carpet"

swept under the carpet: This phrase conveys the idea of ignoring, concealing, or suppressing a problem, conflict, or issue instead of addressing it openly. It implies avoiding dealing with an issue by hiding or downplaying it

How to use "swept under the carpet" in a sentence

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swept under the carpet
And everything was swept under the carpet.
Get swept under the carpet.
Whole thing was to be swept under the carpet.
It was swept under the carpet for obvious reasons.
Nothing should be swept under the carpet.
Got swept under the carpet cajun style.
So it all gets swept under the carpet.
There is a moral and political responsibility which can not be swept under the carpet.
All failures are swept under the carpet.
This swept under the carpet three major issues.
Everything gets swept under the carpet.
But commercial considerations and contractual obligations would not be swept under the carpet.
Everything is swept under the carpet there.
We will not allow these sickening incidents to be swept under the carpet.
Instead we swept under the carpet.

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It is an issue that has to be addressed and not swept under the carpet.
It got swept under the carpet.
It can not continue to be swept under the carpet.
It gets swept under the carpet or avoided altogether.
The matter was then swept under the carpet.
Conflicts swept under the carpet and grievances ignored can be recipes for violent confrontation.
The whole thing was swept under the carpet.
Swept under the carpet as usual?
They often get swept under the carpet.
Several European leaders believe endemic problems have been swept under the carpet.
Been swept under the carpet.
This problem must not be swept under the carpet.
Not get swept under the carpet and forgotten.
These details have long been swept under the carpet.
It can not be swept under the carpet hoping it will go away.
It is not something that should be swept under the carpet.
This will just be swept under the carpet like everything else Taelon.
This issue will no longer be swept under the carpet.
That it seems to get swept under the carpet by some manufacturers.
For many years such threats have been swept under the carpet.
Disagreements tend to be swept under the carpet and we do not hear about it.
This is not something that can easily be swept under the carpet.
Human rights can not be swept under the carpet because of economic interests.
Serious grievances that must not be swept under the carpet.
It can not be swept under the carpet anymore!
We hope that our petition is not going to be swept under the carpet.
Out now and cannot be swept under the carpet any longer, thanks to you.
And that is the key factor that keeps getting swept under the carpet.
The case of Cyprus must not be swept under the carpet while we discuss negotiations.
The truth about Death could not be ignored or swept under the carpet.
Things can no longer be swept under the carpet like before, Marcos.
The Americans would probably have preferred this incident to be swept under the carpet.
Mental health has been swept under the carpet for too long.
The vile atrocities of Pol Pot can not and must not be swept under the carpet.
Real concerns are typically swept under the carpet by the mainstream media.

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Examples of using Swept
He swept the old gang out of office
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